Re: [PATCH 1/1] mac80211: send action frame when toggling SM PS mode

["Tomas Winkler" <tomasw@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Johannes Berg
<johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-09-28 at 19:39 +0300, Tomas Winkler wrote:
>
>> Second example, only low level driver is running calibrations and
>> knows if it has all rx chains available. The possibility is
>> that not all platforms connect all antennas or physical environment
>> between AP and STA cause some of the antennas not affective
>> we may propagate rx chain status to mac80211 but if this is not
>> opening too much guts. Sometimes it's just hard to keep a clean cut.
>
> That's what I wasn't really aware of. Generally I'd advocate giving
> mac80211 lower-level details though and let it figure out the rest, that
> makes it easier for the driver save copy/pasting code.
>
>> I have two more patches for these to example of course...
>>
>> >I don't actually know what that is anyway though, hence the question.
>>
>> Actually this is one of more understandable part of the spec.
>
> TBH, I've never actually tried to read it, I pick something once a while
> but haven't ever really tried to get a complete overview.
>
>>  We
>> > keep adding API in mac80211 and nobody really knows when to call it.
>> > Maybe you should (maybe team up with Atheros for it) write a "HT
>> > hardware with mac80211" chapter in the documentation?
>>
>> Yes we should.

Fresh from Intel
http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521885843

Enjoy.
Tomas